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Return To Oz [DVD] [1985]

DVD ~ Fairuza Balk
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  • Actors: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark
  • Directors: Walter Murch
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
  • DVD Release Date: 22 Mar 2004
  • Run Time: 105 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001IMCDE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,520 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Return to Oz is a 1985 live-action sequel that split critics and audiences alike: you don't fool with Mother Nature, spit into the wind, remake Casablanca, or trash the land of Oz. The 1939 classic musical is so beloved that it's almost impossible to imagine seeing Dorothy in shock therapy, a crumbled yellow brick road, the ruins of Emerald City, and the Tin Man turned into stone. But L Frank Baum, the author of the original Oz books, portrayed just that with his continuing stories of Dorothy. When you get by these tough facts, the film version is solid entertainment for the over-seven set.

Dorothy (a 10-year-old Fairuza Balk in her debut) is back in Kansas, where Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) is at the end of her rope: her niece is not sleeping and going on about a place called Oz. Therapy may be the answer, but luckily the scary clinic goes dark before Dorothy can be, er, cured (but the lead-up will scare the munchkins out of most kids). She wakes up in the land of Oz, now in tatters, and searches for its king, the Scarecrow. A new set of friends, including a tin soldier, a talking chicken, and a pumpkin man, help her against new villains, including Princess Mombi (Jean Marsh)--complete with a set of detachable heads--and the evil Nome King (Nicol Williamson with a great assist from Will Vinton's Claymation). The sole directorial effort of Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch is stuffed with marvellous effects that foreshadow later works by Tim Burton and the Henson non-Muppet films. --Doug Thomas

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In 1899 Dorothy Gale returns to the land of Oz, only to find the enchanting Emerald City in ruins, and all her old friends have been captured by the Nome King and the evil Princess Mombi...

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars my favorite film!, 13 Mar 2004
By tweets (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
i fell in love with this film when i saw it as a child and still adore it today. it's much darker than the original oz film and has some fantastic characters - mombi with her collection of heads being one of the best!
another aspect of the film that makes it so special is the way that the two worlds portrayed are parallels of each other; it's not just a childish disney film.
i advise anyone who hasn't seen this to get a copy!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not for young children, 7 Mar 2006
By John P. Galantini "ziggy_played_guitar" (Southampton) - See all my reviews
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Don't be fooled by it's colourful artwork. This film is extremely dark and in many places, very frightening. Dorothy is sent to a hospital, where doctors use harmful electric techinques, to rid children of dreams. Dotothy manages to escape the very gothic hospital during a storm, and awakes in the land of oz. After exploring her surroundings, she finds that the place has been trashed and the emerald city is no more than crumbling ruins. This is the part where parents should intervene, becuase the characters she encounters next are terrifying. The Wheelers are men with wheels for hands and feet. There arms are as long as legs and they race around on all fours, chasing dorothy to dead ends. If the children are brave enough to continue watching, dorothy then meets princess mombie, who is a sort of witch, she has a hall of heads in cabinents and can freely change her head for another one whenever she pleases. In a later scene where dorothy creeps into the corridor, the heads all wake up and begin groaning and wailing her name, alerting the headless princess to the intruder. This again is very frightening. If you saw the film as a child like i did, you too probably had repeated nightmares about the wheelers. Don't let your children suffer this too.
Watch this film with them. They will enjoy it, but there are a few scenes that are far too scary.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Underated film!, 9 Jan 2005
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Such a good childrens film- a truely underated classic and, if you have actually read the Oz books (there were 14 of them) you realise that this film matches the orignal vision of L Frank Baum far more than the 1939 version of the Wizard of Oz which deviated quite wildly from the original book. Scary and fun in all the right places it is an excellent family film. I actually prefer it to the 1939 film!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Stuck in my mind since I was little..
Definitely the strangest 'childrens' movie i have ever seen. Scenes of it still stick fresh in my mind to this day after not watching it since I was less than 10yrs old (I am now... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Samantha J. Mowat

5.0 out of 5 stars Completly Underated!!
This film is a definate must see not only for the children but parents to will enjoy this! What makes this film better than the original is that your not stuck sitting through... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms. L. Goldsmith

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
I love this movie! It is not as happy and cheerful as the first one, but darker and has amazing characters. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bex

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastically Different
That is one of the most misleading covers I have ever seen...great film just don't expect anything like the original. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Halosoul

5.0 out of 5 stars Return To Oz
Really happy with the dvd and how quick it came. Excellent price and quality dvd as promised. A+ Would recomend.
Published 7 months ago by sarah

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fantasy film, and worthy follow up to an all time classic.
This film is fantastic. The imagination of Frank L. Baum and Walter Murch have been captured and depicted beautifully in Return To Oz. Read more
Published 9 months ago by a1ex8

4.0 out of 5 stars Great kids film
I saw this years ago, and it is a highly watchable film, the special effects are not bad especially for the time when it was brought out. Read more
Published 13 months ago by jo

5.0 out of 5 stars What the current youth is missing!
I always had unconventional tastes as a child and wasn't one for musicals. I found them too twee and unrealistic, preferring much darker and raw films/animations/programmes... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Maisie Day

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally underrated masterpiece
I saw this film as a child when I was about 5 and we taped it so I watched it many times before it wore out and then I just forgot about it. Read more
Published 17 months ago by mummy spoon

4.0 out of 5 stars Return to your childhood.
Based on two books in L. Frank Baum's OZ series, Return to Oz is a truly underated film, that is unfortuantly often overlooked by fans of the 1939 Judy Garland film... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Miss. M

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